KOTA KINABALU: A 39-year-old nurse, missing since Saturday, was found murdered and dumped in a drain near a housing area at Kingfisher Park here.

The half-naked and decomposing body of Annie John Diamas (pic) was spotted by residents, who found the victim inside a narrow and deep drain at about 11.40am yesterday.

There was indication of a head injury, said acting Sabah deputy police commissioner SAC Tan Kok Liang at the scene.

(picture left: A policeman investigationg Annie's body which was found dead in the drain.)

He said the victim was discovered only with clothes on her upper body.

Annie, who worked at the Kudat Hospital in northern Sabah, had been here with her fiance on Sept 30 to attend courses at Open University Malaysia at Jalan Lintas.

She was believed to have gone missing after 5pm on Saturday when her family could not contact her after she left her fiance’s house in Penampang to attend the course.

Subsequently, her family members found her car parked along Lorong Dewan near a budget hotel here at about 2am on Sunday and immediately lodged a police report.

Her father John Diamas told reporters on Sunday that Annie had spoken to her fiance at about 3pm on Saturday to inform him that she was attending classes and then going to the hospital to visit her grandmother who was hospitalised at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

(Picture right: Searching for clues: Police conducting investigations at the crime scene where Annie’s body was found in a drain at Kingfisher Park in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.)

Annie’s mother also tried to call her at about 7pm on Saturday but could not reach her as her phone was switched off.

There was a missed call from Annie to her fiance at about 7.30pm but when he tried to contact her, the cellphone was switched off.

KOTA KINABALU: The murder of a nurse, whose body was found semi-clothed and dumped in a drain near Kingfisher Park on Tuesday, may have been due to jealousy.

Police arrived at the conclusion after arresting a 41-year-old man who was also the victim’s friend.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim, in confirming the arrest, said Wednesday they were also looking at other possibilities as they awaited a post mortem report on the death of 39-year-old Annie John Dismas.

Annie’s decomposing body was found on Tuesday morning after she went missing at about 5pm on Saturday.

A missing persons report was lodged at 2am on Sunday after family members found her car at a parking lot at Jalan Dewan in town here.

Noor Rashid said police believed that the arrest of the man could shed some light on the case but declined to say if he was the main suspect.

"It is still premature for us to say anything,” Rashid said.

He urged those with information or who saw the victim prior to her disappearance to contact the Karamunsing police station.

Annie was believed to have been hit on the head and suffered a broken rib.

Police have not ruled out the possibility that the she might have been killed elsewhere and her body disposed in a deep but narrow drain near the housing estate.

Annie, a who worked at a hospital in Kudat, was attending a two-week course on nursing at the Open University Malaysia campus here.

She had been in the state capital since Sept 30 and was living with the family of her fiance in Penampang.

Meanwhile, Sabah Health Department director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim expressed shock over the murder and extending his and the department's condolences to the family.

KOTA KINABALU: The murder of a nurse, whose body was found semi-clothed and dumped in a drain near Kingfisher Park on Tuesday, may have been due to jealousy.

Police arrived at the conclusion after arresting a 41-year-old man who was also the victim’s friend.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim, in confirming the arrest, said Wednesday they were also looking at other possibilities as they awaited a post mortem report on the death of 39-year-old Annie John Dismas.

Annie’s decomposing body was found on Tuesday morning after she went missing at about 5pm on Saturday.

A missing persons report was lodged at 2am on Sunday after family members found her car at a parking lot at Jalan Dewan in town here.

Noor Rashid said police believed that the arrest of the man could shed some light on the case but declined to say if he was the main suspect.

"It is still premature for us to say anything,” Rashid said.

He urged those with information or who saw the victim prior to her disappearance to contact the Karamunsing police station.

Annie was believed to have been hit on the head and suffered a broken rib.

Police have not ruled out the possibility that the she might have been killed elsewhere and her body disposed in a deep but narrow drain near the housing estate.

Annie, a who worked at a hospital in Kudat, was attending a two-week course on nursing at the Open University Malaysia campus here.

She had been in the state capital since Sept 30 and was living with the family of her fiance in Penampang.

Meanwhile, Sabah Health Department director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim expressed shock over the murder and extending his and the department's condolences to the family.